Neighbors Blog

GNG has been helping Mary, a mother of four who is recently separated from her husband. She found a new place to live, and with two part time jobs and help from her husband for rent she could scrape by, especially while she could make use of local food pantries.

It was great to put faces to current Good Neighbors and meet new ones at Shoptoberfest 2021 in Park Plaza! Rain during set up threatened the event, but great weather prevailed and was perfect for martial arts demonstrations and costume contests.

We are excited to say we just received the box of beautiful items from Ellen Finn’s shopping trip to the women’s co-op in Guatemala.

I have to admit I have been wallowing a bit in negativity about the state of things socially, politically, and of course “infectiously”.

Thank you to everyone who donated to our Thanksgiving baskets for local families! We gave 20 local families a grocery gift card and a generous bag of food so they can prepare and share Thanksgiving Dinner with loved ones.

A couple of weeks ago someone gave me a bunch of items they no longer wanted, knowing that I could find homes for them, choosing Good Neighbors over Goodwill.